Canadian Community
Newspapers Association
Better Newspapers Competition (BNC)
The Better Newspaper Competition has a new home. Visit the new Better Newspapers website at www.betternewspapers.ca for details on the 2010 competition. Submissions are now being accepted and the final entry deadline is Friday, January 22, 2010.
Winners for the 2009 Better Newspapers Competition were announced on the Ink and Beyond website on Monday, March 16.
General
Information
The Canadian Community
Newspapers Association encourages excellence by sponsoring
an annual national competition to celebrate the achievements
of its member newspapers.
Newspapers compete
against other newspapers of similar circulation for
Special and Premier awards in such categories as editorial,
photography, advertising and special promotion. In addition,
newspapers compete in the General Excellence Competition,
which recognizes newspapers for the best Editorial Page,
Best Front Page and Best All-round Newspaper. Newspapers
in the top one-third of entries are awarded a Blue Ribbon.
Entering
The CCNA Better Newspapers Competition is only open
to CCNA members in good standing. Complete details about
entering are made available to members in November/December
of each year.
Judging
Judges with expertise in the various areas
of competition review all of the entries, rate them
and make extensive comments for the benefit of all entrants.
If you are interested in being a judge, please see below
for judging nominiation forms.
Announcing
the Winners
Nominees are announced and presentation of
the awards is made at the national
convention. CCNA mounts an extensive display of
the winning entries at the convention. Each CCNA member
receives a results book following the convention. This
book is an extremely valuable learning tool. Publishers
and their staffs can study the winning entries, learn
from the comments made about their own entries and discover
some innovative ideas to improve their publications
and chances for a prize in next year's competition.
Sponsorship
CCNA seeks sponsors from the industry as well
as other organizations and individuals. See this convention
page for more sponsorship information.
Still have
Questions?
For detailed answers to more questions, visit the BNC
section of our Site FAQs, or contact info@ccna.ca.
Are you interested
in being a BNC judge?
Click
here to fill out the online nomination form!
| Comments from Past Judges |
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| "Thanks
for the opportunity. Loved it!" |
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| "Enjoyed
having the opportunity to get a glimpse into what's
happening at community newspapers across the country." |
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| "I
consider being a judge an honour, and I really
enjoyed choosing 'My Best.' Thanks."
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Looking to increase
your profile within the industry? Would you enjoy the
opportunity to contribute towards the growing stature
and professionalism of community newspapers in Canada?
Why not be a judge
for CCNA’s annual Better Newspapers Competition?
It’s challenging, educational and fun … and
places your name among the leading professionals within
our industry … whether you are a publisher, editor,
manager, journalist or photographer.
If you’re interested
in judging, ask one of your peers to nominate you. Or,
if you know of other qualified professionals who would
be interested in getting a glimpse into what’s
happening at community newspapers across the country,
why don’t you nominate them?
If you have the necessary
knowledge, patience, good judgment and some available
time, we’d like to hear from you. Judges will
be asked to write-out their advice and constructive
criticism, and will be publicly acknowledged on
CCNA’s BNC web site and the Winners Book.
Questions?
If you have further questions about being a judge for
the Better Newspapers Competition, call the CCNA office
at 416-482-1090 (or toll-free at 1-877-305-2262); or
e-mail to info@ccna.ca.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Click here to fill out the PDF nomination form!
